I mentioned recently that our daughter had moved to live independently in a second floor unit, about five minutes drive away from here.
Since moving in, she had noticed that vehicles parked in the undercover area under the building, had their windscreen wipers "out' at night. She thought that this was rather odd and it was only a couple of weeks later, that, upon activating her wipers early one morning, to clear condensation, that she realized that one of her wiper blades was missing. As a result of that the windscreen incurred some significant scratching. Boy, was she mad, thinking that a vandal had been responsible! We later heard that crows in the area in which she lives are prone to "remove" wiper blades, for reasons known only to them. So we blamed them!
We have enjoyed visiting our daughter in her home in the clouds and enjoyed sharing refreshments and the ambiance that she has achieved in a short space of time. Upon our return to our car at the completion of our last visit, on Sunday, my husband shooed a crow of the bonnet of our car. Imagine my his frustration, when later,on a showery Wednesday morning, he took our car out, and returned within minutes declaring that the passenger side windscreen wiper blade was missing!
A crow was the perpetrator of the crime! We were distraught to think that an opportunistic bird had "visited" our vehicle, whilst it was parked in the street, outside our daughter's unit, and availed itself of our wiper blade!
We can only assume that somewhere a crow or crows have a rubber lined, all weather nest.
We had been aware, while living in New Zealand, of the damage that birds could inflict on rubber seals, particularly to unsuspecting bush walkers, but we had no idea that crows on the Gold Coast would consider indulging in such antisocial activity!
All very inconvenient, but ironic that the visitor should experience the crime as well as the resident!
Moral of the story? Cover the wipers when visiting for coffee and keep a spare set of blades handy!
Have a great weekend
Simply Susan
About Simply Susan
- Simply Susan
- Made in England, Susan grew up particularly enjoying collecting second hand books and visiting jumble sales for bargains. She moved to Australia where she developed a passion for 'Treasure' hunting in opportunity shops. This led to her home becoming a refuge for orphaned bears and an assortment of hand made objects. Susan loves to spend her time creating beautiful country crafts and writing poems about her creations and life experiences. When not busily sewing or writing Susan enjoys hosting themed afternoon teas for her friends and relaxing in her home on the beautiful Gold Coast. May you enjoy Simply Susan's musings.
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